About the book: 1968 / The plot of the novel by the English writer Alistair MacLean is based on actual facts relating to the fate of the Anglo-American convoy heading in the summer of 1942 from England to Murmansk. In a vivid artistic form, the author tells how a large convoy died due to the unseemly actions of the leaders of the English Admiralty. With great skill and sincerity, the novel depicts the images of ordinary English sailors who spared no effort to help the Soviet people who courageously fought the enemy..